''Wide Sargasso Sea'' is a British

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adaptation of

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's 1966 novel of the same name. Produced by

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for

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, the one-off 90-minute drama was first broadcast on

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channel

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on 9 October 2006. It was repeated on

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on Sunday, 22 October 2006, the week following the conclusion of BBC One's adaptation of ''

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'', to which ''Wide Sargasso Sea'' is a

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. The adaptation was scripted by playwright

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, produced by Elwen Rowlands and directed by Brendan Maher. It starred

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as Antoinette Cosway and Rafe Spall as Rochester.

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* Rafe Spall as

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as Antoinette Cosway *

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as Christophine *

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as Aunt Cora *

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as Daniel *

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as Amelie *Alex Robertson as Richard Mason *

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as Grace Poole

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